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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1908. 



should be so made, thot th' more he twists th' tighter he is 

 cinched. 



"elongation. 

 "All lists for elongation shall be sacret. No man likes 

 to have the worrld know how much his leg has been pulled. 



"weights. 

 "Ivery manufacturer av hoase shall be required to wait 

 from three to five years afther sellin' a lot to know whether 

 he has made or losht money on the thransaction. 



TWIST. 



CHEMICAL TESTS. 



"A. Matther ixtracted be assetone shall not be more than 

 wan quarther av wan per cint. av the chewin' gum presint in 

 the laberathry at th' time of the lists. 



"B. Th' saponifiable mattlier extractid be alcoholic potash 

 shall be aquil to 3 caakes of soap for aich and ivery lenth of 

 hoase. 



ELONGATION. 



"C. The minirel matther ixtractid, if it is gold, shall be 

 the property of the laberathry. 



"fizzical tists. 



"A. As th' hoase is ter be used to carry coald wather, it 

 should be listed with hot stame ter be blown thro it, tin 

 days at a time, at tin day intervals, for tin months. 



"B. At the ordinary hydrant pressure the raatc of flow 

 through good hoase should be twinty gallons per second, for 

 frish wather ; for Hooniyadi wather, sivinly gallons per sec- 

 ond. 



"C. Lave the manufacturer stand with his ear at wan ind 

 of a lenth av hoase, and a city official stand with his lips 

 at the other ind. Half way bcchune the two stands a man be 



th' naame av John Doe. Be watchin the faace av the wan 

 and the lips av the other, John Doe, hereinafter called the' 

 middleman, is able to tell whether the hoase is right, an 

 how much (financial) pressure it will stand. 



extraction of saponifiable matter. 



"garrantees. 



"Aich length av hoase shall have a tin plate foor inches 

 square firrmly affixed upon its outside. The furrst year 

 this shall be listed fur rust, and shall not show more than 

 wan tinth av wan per cint. The second year it must not 

 show more than two per cint., the thurd year it shall not 

 show more than foive per cint. Should anny av these per- 

 cintages be exceeded the manufacturer to agree to supply 

 new lengths av hoase free av cost. Purchasers av hoase are 

 advised to insist on a four-year garrantee covering this pint 

 specially." 



"About those tin tags on the hose, what is the use?" said I. 

 "Whisper me bye ; thot is the best part av the whole. The 



purchaser can keep thim tags bright as silver, or black with rust. 



No matter how good they are or how honest the hoase it is out 



av the manufacturers' hands. Av he wants his tags kept bright, 



lave him make John Doe shine them up." 



PRESSURE. 



"Hoolihan," said I, "those specifications are as good, indeed, bet- 

 ter than most; but don't you think this expert bossing of an- 

 other man's business is being carried too far? Are you really 

 helping either the maker, or the buyer, of hose by framing them?" 



"It's me Bureau, and me Boord of Overwriters, and mesilf as 

 an expert, that I am afther hilpin — dom the rist," said Hoolihan, 

 genially. 



